Westward preliminary evaluation PE14007
Front brake malfunction - Motorcycle. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the foundation components on 1 model year (2013). Opened Mar 20, 2014, closed May 8, 2014 after 2 months. It led to safety recall 14V210000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedThe Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) was contacted by a municipal fleet manager responsible for 49 GO-4 three-wheeled parking enforcement vehicles (subject vehicles).The fleet manager informed ODI of the possibility of front brake pad ejection from the brake caliper on the subject vehicles. Further, the fleet manager provided ODI with a copy of a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB ID: 10055374) that outlined a pad, rotor andbrake caliper spacer replacement campaign. On the basis of his information, ODI opened this Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to investigate alleged front brake failure due to worn brake pad ejection. Shortly after opening this PE, Westward Industries decided to address the problem with a Safety Recall, 14V-210. Based on this action by the manufacturer, this investigation is closed. The ODI report cited above can be viewed at:http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID using complaint number 10566532 and TSB number 10055374.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2013 Westward G0-4.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs PE14007 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 14V210000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE14007 still open?
No. It closed on May 8, 2014 and led to recall 14V210000.
Which vehicles does PE14007 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 1 model year: 2013 Westward G0-4. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.